Tool for derinding fruit



Patented Sept. 15, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOOL FOR DERINDING FRUIT Joseph Leitshuh, Springfield, Ohio Application May 9, 1935, Serial No. 20,542

1 Claim. (Cl. 30-20) This invention relates to a tool for derinding In assembling the parts, after the cutter has oranges, grape fruits, lemons, or the like, it more been positioned on the screw, the cutter is inparticularly relating to improved means for adserted into the opening in the boss from the upjusting the cutter of the tool to readily adapt it to per end thereof and the screw 8 engaged with the rinds of different thicknesses. threads of the boss, the square shape of the open- 5 The object of the invention is to provide means ing in the boss holding the cutter from turning.

for quickly and readily adjusting the cutter of a By means of the screw the cutter may be adjusted tool of the character referred to.- to any desired position to adapt it to the thick- In the accompanying drawing: ness of the rind of the fruit, the peculiar form of Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a tool embodying the cutter causing it to make two side cuts and an 10 the improvement. under cut in the rind in a manner well known in Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. the art. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3--3 of In addition to the blade 2 there is also provided Fig. 2. another blade I I which is positioned in the han- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged section on the dle I, the handle forming a housing for this blade. l5 line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Threaded in the blade II is a screw I3 which ex- Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective View of a portends through a slot I4 in the handle. This screw tion of the tool. not only forms a convenient means for sliding the Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the blade II into and out of the housing but also for cutter. holding it in position, as the screw may be tight- 20 Fig. '7 is a section on the line 'I-'I of Fig. 3. ened down on the bottom of the housing for that Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of a purpose. portion of the tool.V In Fig. 9 the blade 2 is shown attached to a. Fig. 9 is a detail in section of a modification. wooden handle I5, the blade 2 having a tapered Fig. l0 is a perspective View showing a Inodishank I6 which is split at a plurality of points as 25 cation in the form of the cutter. indicated at I'I, a sharpened spring metal strip I8 Referring rst to Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive, I reprebeing inserted in each split so that when the sents a handle preferably in the form yof a metallic shank I6 has been inserted in the handle these housing, the details of which will be described sharpened strips I9 will spring out and hold the later. Rigidly connected with the handle is a parts together. 30 slightly curved metallic blade 2, the blade being In Fig. 10 a slight modification in the form of rigidly connected to a shank 3' which in turn is the cutter is shown in which the flanges 5' on the rigidly connected with the handle. This blade free ends of the legs 4" are formed with rounded carries an adjustable cutter 4 which is of U- recesses so that these flanges will embrace more shaped form as shown best in Fig. 6, and the free closely the groove I0 of the adjusting screw. 35

ends of the legs 4 of which have inturned Having thus described my invention, I claim: anges 5. In a tool of the character described, a blade, a

Fixed in a anged aperture in the blade 2 is a hollow boss carried by said blade, a portion at boss 6 having a, square opening 'I to receive the least of the opening in said boss being square and cutter 4. The opening in this boss 6 is also screwa portion at least screw-threaded, a U-shaped 40 threaded to receive an adjusting screw 8, the upcutter and an adjusting screw mounted in the per end of which is provided with a knurled finger opening in said boss, said adjusting screw having piece 8 and the lower end of which is reduced a groove at its inner end, and projections on said and provided with an integral head 9 so as to form cutter loosely tted in said groove whereby the 4 a groove I0. The cutter is of spring steel and by cutter may be adjusted with relation to said 45 springing the legs 4 of the cutter apart the blade. ilanges 5 may be positioned in the groove I0 of the JOSEPH LEITSHUH. adjusting screw and be retained therein by the natural resiliency of the metal of the cutter. 

